Yemenis stage massive rallies in support of Palestinians amid Gaza genocidal war

Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital Sana’a and other cities to express solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing Israeli ground and airstrikes there.

On Friday, a large crowd gathered in al-Sabeen Square, a place for significant events and celebrations in Sana’a, for a protest dubbed the “million-man march.”

The participants waved Yemeni and Palestinian flags, and chanted slogans in support of Palestinians as they reaffirmed their support for Gazans who are subjected to Israel’s US-backed genocidal war. 

They also expressed backing for Yemeni Armed Forces’ pro-Palestinian maritime operations against Israeli-affiliated merchant vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Similar demonstrations were held in other provinces, including ‘Amran, Dhamar, Hajjah, Ibb, Mahwit, Ma’rib, Raymah and Ta’izz.

Elsewhere in Yemen's northwestern province of Sa'ada, demonstrators waved Yemeni and Palestinian flags and carried banners demanding a boycott of American and Israeli products.

The protesters voiced their unflinching support for Palestinians and their legitimate cause.

They also condemned and expressed outrage against Israeli forces for ripping up pages from the Muslim holy book of Qur’an and burning them at the Bani Saleh Mosque in northern Gaza.

The Support for al-Aqsa Committee, which had organized the mass rallies, announced that the protests were held in over 330 squares across Yemen.

Yemenis have declared their open support for Palestine’s struggle against the Israeli occupation since the regime launched a devastating war on Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Houthi warns Muslims of 'dangerous situation' in conflict with Israel

The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has described reconciliation with Israel as "impossible."

The Yemeni Armed Forces have said that they won’t stop their attacks until unrelenting Israeli ground and aerial offensives in Gaza end.

Israel launched its barbaric campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023, after Palestinian resistance groups conducted surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories.

The regime has had in place a near-total siege on the coastal territory, which has reduced to a trickle the flow of foodstuffs, medicine, electricity, and water into the Palestinian territory.

So far, Israel has killed more than 40,000 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.

Leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has said it is “a great honor and blessing to be confronting America directly.”

The attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes. Tankers are instead adding thousands of miles to international shipping routes by sailing around the continent of Africa rather than going through the Suez Canal.

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